Quite simply, you must do the following to make a website:

• create a new page
• preview the page
• upload the data to your oitunix account

1. To create a new web page, click on the link in the toolbar. When the form comes up on the screen, fill in the appropriate information. (See tips below.)

• Keep in mind that while the text fields may be relatively long, you should try to limit them to what the reader can see quickly. Too much text is boggling.
• The header is optional. However it is recommended, as it serves as a headline to your text and is very useful to those not so familiar with your page as you will be.
• Tabs are not understood by the web browser. Use double spacing between paragraphs for clarity.

• type only the URL after http:// (this part is included in the form script).
• you can link to additional pages you create here, by typing in the full URL (everything after http://).

1. At any point in the process, you can see the page you have so far by clicking any of the "preview" buttons. When in "preview" mode click on the back button of your browser to return to the form you are editing.
2. When you are satisfied, make the web page available to the world by uploading the page to the oitunix web server (where you have your account). To do this, click on any of the "preview" buttons. Scroll to the end of your page and follow the instructions for uploading. You will fill in a form with your

• username,
• password,
• directory location (use public_html unless instructed otherwise),
• the name of the file (use index.html for your main page), and
• the name of the file for future editing purposes (use restore.dat for your main page)
• !Remember the file names you give, as you will need them to edit your page later on. The window for restoring data does not have a browse function!

1. To add additional web pages to your homepage click, on "Add a page" in the toolbar. Follow the same steps as above, filling in the form as appropriate. When you upload however, be sure to save the file under a different name, presumably relevant to the page’s topic. The corollary to that is to be sure to save a file to restore with a different name. Otherwise, you will be saving the new page on top of the original home page.

• you should link back to your home page from here, by typing in the full URL (after http://).

1. To edit a page you have already produced and uploaded, you will restore data. Click on "Edit page in form." This will bring up a window which requests data to be restored. You will need to enter the same information as in the uploading window, so be sure to have your username, password, and file names available.
2. The link "Edit HTML of page" allows you to edit the straight html. Also, you may want to edit the page further using an html editor such as HomePage on the PC or Mac, or using a simple text editor on your oitunix account.

• It is advised to use a light background with dark text for easier reading and printing.
• There is an option to saving the page with a title, for which the default is "yes." This will allow the page to be found by search engines and will give the page a name when saved as a bookmark.
• You may consider uploading often, as it serves as a kind of "save" that is not possible for your form information on the browser. Just be sure to restore the file and work from there, not from a new file (see restoring data).